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Consuming Modernity : Public Culture in a South Asian World

Illustrates that what is distinctive of any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The contributors address the roles intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Breckenridge, Carol Appadurai, 1942-2009
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Illustrates that what is distinctive of any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The contributors address the roles intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. The sites they explore include cinema, radio, cricket, restaurants, and tourism.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780816685325